bonze
noun
a Buddhist monk, especially of Japan or China.
Origin:
1580–90; < Middle French < Portuguese bonzo or Neo-Latin bonzius < Japanese bonsō, bonzō ordinary priest (bon- ordinary + sō priest < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese fán-sēng); or < dialectal Japanese bonzu for bōzu priest
1580–90; < Middle French < Portuguese bonzo or Neo-Latin bonzius < Japanese bonsō, bonzō ordinary priest (bon- ordinary + sō priest < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese fán-sēng); or < dialectal Japanese bonzu for bōzu priest
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| —n | |
| a Chinese or Japanese Buddhist priest or monk | |
| [C16: from French, from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese bonsō, from Sanskrit bon + sō priest or monk] | |
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